Czech surnames
Volný: what the name means
Volný means “free”.
In January 2017, 2,455 people in Czechia were named Volný or Volná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Frýdek-Místek396
- Around Ostrava313
- Around Opava254
- Around Praha117
- Around Krnov73
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Volny.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Volný mean?
Volný means “free”.
How many people are called Volný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,455 people in Czechia were named Volný or Volná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Volný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Frýdek-Místek (396), Ostrava (313), Opava (254).